Phil Fisk - Ollie Stewart / House of St Barnabas / Observer

PHIL shoots OLLIE STEWART for OBSERVER. Stewart is employment manager at HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS, the private members club in Central London which also operates as a homeless charity, offering training for those who have been, or currently are homeless. During the pandemic they have been supporting 'members' in collaboration with OAPA (Only A Pavement Away) to help them navigate job loss, pay reductions and to keep them safely off the streets. Full article here.

Chris Floyd - National Lottery / National Portrait Gallery


Chris was commissioned by THE NATIONAL LOTTERY to photograph 13 'unheralded champions of the arts sector', who have all undertaken wonderful creative projects throughout the pandemic to keep the spirit of their communities alive...

These awesome projects are funded by the massive £30million raised each week for good causes by National Lottery players.

Featured here are just a handful of the inspiring creators and founders from projects such as OPEN BOOK in Scotland where Liz Treacher hosts creative writing sessions to combat loneliness; Vic Brown in Tamworth whose creative arts project NEW URBAN ERA has launched a new online platform for beatboxers, street artists, breakdancers and schools to collaborate during the pandemic; and Maria Connolly, founder of 1 ELEVEN THEATRE in Belfast who performs socially distanced theatre (as Judy Garland, Bette Midler and Marilyn Monroe) to elderly people with dementia.

The portraits are currently being exhibited at eight galleries around the UK including IKON, the MAC Belfast, the PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY, BFI Southbank and the NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, London.

Chris Floyd - Idler / Vic Reeves

Chris shoots Vic Reeves at his home studio in Kent for The Idler Magazine.

"Although when you're in his home studio you don't call him Vic. You call him Jim because Jim's his real name. Jim Moir, like Goya".

Jim has just produced a new book called Vic Reeves Art Book, a sumptuous compendium of his drawings and paintings from the last two or three years.

Full article here. The book is available from all good bookshops.

Chris Floyd - Stylist / Sian Clifford, Sharon Horgan and Waad al-Kateab

A few months ago CHRIS FLOYD captured portraits of SIAN CLIFFORD, SHARON HORGAN and WAAD AL KATEAB for the STYLIST / REMARKABLE WOMEN AWARDS.

CHRIS spent a memorable afternoon on shoot having “a complete laugh with this lady and her massive cake!”… aka SHARON HORGAN, actor and Bafta-winning writer behind razor sharp comedies such as Catastrophe, Motherland and Divorce.

SIAN CLIFFORD, aka Fleabag’s sister Claire, recently played Diana Ingram in ‘Quiz’, the terrific 3-parter on ITV.

For five years WAAD AL-KATEAB filmed the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo for her feature documentary ‘FOR SAMA’ which has received numerous awards including the Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the SXSW Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize for International Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Festival. It is a deeply powerful film and “a rare first hand account of war, from a strictly female perspective”.

Phil Fisk - Observer / Chefs in Schools

In a new term after the challenges of lockdown, the charity CHEFS IN SCHOOLS is providing 11,000 London students with fresh, nutritious and creative food.

PHIL FISK captured these awesome chefs, (who previously worked at St John and Nopi) in action at Woodmansterne School, Lambeth and Little Jungle Nursery in Dulwich for OBSERVER.

School dinners are definitely not how we remember them…!

Chris Floyd - Men's Health - Fighting Spirit

For a story in the May issue of MEN'S HEALTH, CHRIS FLOYD was commissioned to photograph several British servicemen who have all endured PTSD in one form or another.

"How do you fight an enemy you can't see? One that can infiltrate every base, aircraft carrier and submarine and strike down a teenage cadet in the safety of his barracks yet is just as able to lie in wait for months, or even years, before dealing a fatal blow, long after a soldier has exited the theatre of war and even the military itself? Between 2014 and 2018, hostile action accounted for the deaths of 2 servicemen. Over the same period, at least 49 UK service personnel died as a result of suicide.”

Phil Fisk - Observer / Alice Dearing

Open water swimmer and hopeful for the 2021 Olympics, ALICE DEARING, photographed by Phil Fisk at a secluded lake in Surrey during early lockdown.

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Here's an extract from the accompanying article in the Observer:

It sounds scarcely believable in modern, multiracial Britain but nearly a century after the sprinter Jack London became the first black athlete to win an Olympic medal for Britain in 1928, and more than 40 years since Viv Anderson became the first black footballer to start for England, Team GB has never sent a black female swimmer to an Olympic Games. Not one.

But next summer Alice Dearing, a 23-year-old from Birmingham who is Britain’s best open-water swimmer, intends to flip 125 years of history on its head in Tokyo – the small matter of a global pandemic permitting. And, as becomes clear over a thought-provoking and nuanced conversation, that is only the start of her ambitions.

“Being a poster girl for black swimming is exciting, because genuinely I love the sport and I want to see as many people doing it as possible,” Dearing says. “But it’s also terrifying because there’s a lot of pressure. I have rationalised it – if not me, then who? And I want this to happen as soon as possible, to break that barrier.”

It is not the only one Dearing intends to shatter. Last year she became the lead ambassador for the Black Swimming Association, a charity that encourages black people to swim, and she illustrates the scale of the challenge by citing shocking figures from Sport England, which show that 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in England do not swim – while only 1% of registered competitive swimmers with Swim England identify as black or mixed race.

“Things need to speed up absolutely everywhere,” she says. “You can’t just have elite swimmers come from absolutely nowhere. So our focus is on the learn-to-swim side. Because eventually, you’ll see that change as you get more county swimmers then regional, national, international and then eventually, hopefully, more black Olympians.”

Phil Fisk - BAFTA / Sandy Powell

PHIL shoots award-winning costume designer SANDY POWELL OBE for his series “FOR THE LOVE OF FILM” for BAFTA.  
This beautiful atelier-style set was created by Vicky Twyman with input from Sandy, and features several bespoke 'toiles' or fitting prototypes, including two of her actual designs from the film THE FAVOURITE.
At BAFTA 2020 Sandy wore a calico template suit, got 100+ A-list stars to sign it, then raffled it off... raising enough money to protect Prospect Cottage, her mentor Derek Jarman's Dungeness home.

Chris Floyd - Archive

Amazing shots from Chris's archive accompanied by wonderful tales of his encounters with a veritable "Who's Who" of sitters.. from Liam and Noel Gallagher of the newly formed band Oasis in 1994 to the sun-baked rooftops of Cannes with Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchette, Richard Ashcroft in Vegas, Oliver Reed in Minsk, David Hockney, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Paul McCartney, Naomi Watts, Robert De Niro, David Attenborough and many more..

Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/chrisfloydarchive/

Phil Fisk - SEPARATION

PHIL FISK explores the theme of 'SEPARATION' on a LOCKDOWN SHOOT at PARK VILLAGE STUDIOS in London.  

The entire project was shot during the lockdown (but after restrictions had been lifted to allow some industry return), and was conducted under AOP / APA Covid-19 Guidance.

Our amazing team conducted an all remote casting, remote fitting of wardrobe and socially distanced pre-light and shoot. 

A full Health and Safety Risk Assessment was carried out (which was continually refined according to the most recent safety requirements) incl. health declarations and temperature checks.

We established clearly defined job roles and spaces for all the team on pre-light and shoot. 
All attendees were required to wash their hands regularly throughout the day and hourly cleaning of kit was carried out. 

Our makeup artist and stylist wore full PPE when interacting with models and for all other team members social distancing was imperative.  We set up a remote feed to team members working externally.

The focus was very much on careful planning and ensuring safe shooting conditions for all.

We're absolutely delighted with the results!

If you'd like to find out more or to discuss possible approaches to any shoot briefs you may be considering with any of our photographers please do get in contact.

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HUGE thanks to:

Director/Photography: Phil Fisk, DOP: Adrian Wolfson, Studio: Park Village Studios, Live Streaming: Raw Capture, 1st AC: Rory Mulvey, DT: Berit von Enoch, Stylist: Victoria Twyman, MUA: Juliana Sergot, Producer: Liam @ Thirdberg, ProducerAssistant: Naomi Bergau, Casting Director: Rowena Pointer at Kate and Lou Casting Agency, Talent: Lee Bridgman and Louis McMiller at Simon Howe Associates, Health and Safety: First Option, Composer: Ali Friend

Chris Floyd - Patrick Hutchinson for Men's Health

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Photographed for Men’s Health, Patrick Hutchinson, icon of the midsummer BLM protests in London. He and his friends, Chris Otokito, Jamaine Facey, Pierre Noah and Lee Russell, a group of martial arts practitioners and security professionals, attended the demonstration with a shared purpose; to keep the peace. But when Patrick was snapped rescuing a Black Lives Matter counter protester, the white man hoisted over his shoulder in a fireman’s lift, surrounded by a mob, his life changed instantly and irrevocably.
From left to right in the second picture below: Chris, Lee, Pierre, Patrick (standing), Jamaine (seated)
A short version of Paul Wilson’s interview with the five men can be read here. The full interview will feature in the September issue.

 

Joseph Ford - Coronavirus

Back in 2014 Joseph Ford created a project with the assistance of amazing knitter Nina Dodd.

They decided to focus on the idea of a CORONAVIRUS lurking in wait for a human encounter, so Nina and her friend Sue creating a giant knitted microbe for the purpose.

At the time, when Joseph showed people his work, most were unfamiliar with the concept but now his images feel horribly relevant…